Citizen Participation (公民参与)

MeToo席卷全球 中国女权却被噤声 (Feminist public social media accounts are shut down for over 100 days amid global MeToo movement)
Deutsche Welle, June 22, 2018
http://p.dw.com/p/305qD

因发放“刘晓波衣冠冢”被拘 武汉张毅获释 (Activist released after administrative detention for setting up a memorial tomb for Liu Xiaobo)
Radio Free Asia, June 20, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf2-06202018101717.html

Chinese military veterans converge on Zhenjiang as protests swell
Radio Free Asia, June 22, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chinese-military-veterans-converge-on-zhenjiang-06222018111306.html

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

陈一新：2020年“雪亮工程 ”基本实现全域覆盖全时可用 (Secretary of CPC Political and Legal Affairs Commission: “Project Dazzling Snow” will achieve full surveillance coverage by 2020 with urban and rural citizen participation)
The Paper, June 22, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2211347

Related:
中国加大力度建设“雪亮工程” 将实现农村全覆盖 (“Project Dazzling Snow” to cover all rural areas)
Radio Free Asia, June 22, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/wy-06222018105535.html

维族小国脚新疆被捕接受政治教育　国际球员协会吁中国放人 (FIFPro demands release of Uyghur soccer player arrested and sent to “political education”)
The Stand News, June 22, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/china/維族小國腳新疆被捕接受政治教育-國際球員協會籲中國放人/

China escalates hacks against the U.S. as trade tensions rise
Wired, June 22, 2018
https://www.wired.com/story/china-hacks-against-united-states/

Hong Kong (香港)

Plan to enact mainland law at new Hong Kong Express Rail station hit with 3 more legal challenges
Hong Kong Free Press, June 22, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/22/plan-enact-mainland-law-new-hong-kong-express-rail-station-hit-3-legal-challenges/

Related:
Hong Kong challenges to co-location law will not force Beijing’s hand, says member of China’s top legislative body
South China Morning Post, June 22, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2152092/hong-kong-challenges-co-location-law-will-not-force-beijings

谭惠珠：若司法覆核人大决定　本港法庭极可能不受理 (Hong Kong court unlikely to review constitutionality of NPCSC decision on co-location agreement, says member of Basic Law Committee)
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 22, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1403101-20180622.htm

Activists demand long-term policy for homeless people and halt to “meaningless” evictions in Sham Shui Po
Hong Kong Free Press, June 22, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/22/activists-demand-long-term-policy-homeless-people-halt-meaningless-evictions-sham-shui-po

Gay lawmaker pushing for homosexual unions
The Standard, June 22, 2018
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=197091&sid=4&sid=4

Commentary (评论)

The US withdrawal from the UNHRC is perfect for Xi Jinping and China
The Guardian, June 22, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2018/jun/22/the-us-withdrawal-from-the-unhrc-is-perfect-for-xi-jinping-and-china

China’s Bigger Economic Threat
The Nation, June 22, 2018
https://www.thenation.com/article/chinas-bigger-economic-threat/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

周强：对抗拒执行、干预执行等行为零容忍，决不姑息评估作假 (Head of Supreme People’s Court: zero tolerance for non-compliance with court orders)
The Paper, June 21, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2210705

China imposes exit bans on U.S. citizens of Chinese descent: report
Radio Free Asia, June 20, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/exit-ban-06202018141226.html

广州教会先遭冲击后被罚五万元 (Guangzhou house church is fined RMB 50,000 after being harassed by police for months)
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/ql1-06212018100512.html

南通强拆户接受外媒采访 家属、声援者屡遭传唤 (Relatives, supporters of forced demolition victims who spoke with foreign media were repeatedly questioned by police)
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-06212018095959.html

Access to Information （信息公开）

基层政务公开标准规范化试点持续推进 (Report shows progress in pilot on standardizing norms for local government affairs transparency)
Legal Daily, June 21, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-06/21/content_7575036.htm?node=5955

Government Accountability (政府问责)

搜狐转载美退联消息　「人权黑名单」中竟让中国消失 (Chinese online news platform Sohu carries “full-text” translation of Pompeo statement on U.S. withdrawal from Human Rights Council but leaves out China from his “human rights backlist”）
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/sohu-06212018100643.html

Related:
美国退出联合国人权理事会的宣言，国内媒体罕见“全文”转载。和英文版一对比，发现抽走了臭名远扬的中国。
Twitter, June 21, 2018
https://twitter.com/0715Rita/status/1009782767054401537

陈一新：集中梳理挂牌督办一批有腐败嫌疑的重大涉黑涉恶案件 (CPC Political and Legal Affairs Commission to supervise major gang-related corruption investigations)
The Paper, June 21, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2208608

江西省卫计委：妊娠超14周堕胎需出具证明 (Jiangxi to require family planning certificates for non-medical abortions after 14 weeks of pregnancy)
The paper, June 21, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2210412

扶贫审计：28.11亿扶贫资金被骗取套取或挪用 (National Audit Office: more than RMB 2.8 billion misappropriated from poverty funding)
The Beijing News, June 20, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/06/20/491870.html

山东东营市委原书记刘士合涉嫌严重违纪违法接受审查调查 (City party secretary in Shandong under investigation for serious discipline and legal violations)
The Paper, June 20, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2207203

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

江苏镇江再有老兵维权被打 老兵群体发起游行倡议 (Jiangsu veterans’ rights group marches for third time in one month despite violent crackdown)
Radio Free Asia，June 21, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-06212018094249.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China’s Great Firewall: A serious pain in the neck for European and U.S. companies
The Diplomat, June 21, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/06/chinas-great-firewall-a-serious-pain-in-the-neck-for-european-and-us-companies/

Hong Kong (香港)

自认香港人身份创10年新高认同中华人民共和国者持续最低 (HKU survey shows “Hong Konger” self-identification reaches 10-year high, while that as “PRC Chinese” continues to drop)
Radio France Internationale, June 20, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180620-自认香港人身份创10年新高认同中华人民共和国者持续最低

Fight over controversial Hong Kong rail checkpoint moves to High Court as lawyer warns it could prompt Beijing intervention
South China Morning Post, June 21, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2151893/fight-over-controversial-hong-kong-rail-checkpoint-moves

Hong Kong equality watchdog questions removal of LGBTQ-themed library books as backlash grows
Hong Kong Free Press, June 21, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/21/hong-kong-equality-watchdog-questions-removal-lgbtq-themed-library-books-backlash-grows/

New law on hearsay evidence designed to give Hong Kong’s vulnerable better protection in criminal court cases
South China Morning Post, June 21, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2151872/new-law-hearsay-evidence-designed-give-hong

回應七一遊行起點爭議 (Civil Human Rights Front: Response to dispute over starting point of July 1 march)
Civil Human Rights Front, June 20, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1057807

Related:
Giving part of Handover celebration venue to democracy marchers “may start a riot,” pro-Beijing heavyweight claims
Hong Kong Free Press, June 21, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/21/giving-part-handover-celebration-venue-democracy-marchers-may-start-riot-pro-beijing-heavyweight-claims/

民主黨：已委律師英國追查 UGL 案　梁振英：續追究林卓廷等人誹謗 (Lawyers hired by Democratic Party hires UK lawyer to pursue alleged C.Y. Leung corruption while Leung charges libeldefamation)
The Stand News, June 20, 2018
https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/民主黨-已委律師英國追查-ugl-案-梁振英-續追究林卓廷等人誹謗/

Activists march to Beijing office demanding China release cyber-activist Huang Qi
Hong Kong Free Press, June 20, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/20/activists-march-beijing-office-demanding-china-release-cyber-activist-huang-qi/

Commentary (评论)

Is China building “political re-education” camps for Muslim minorities?
Deutsche Welle, June 21, 2018
http://www.dw.com/en/is-china-building-political-re-education-camps-for-muslim-minorities/a-44334145

李文足尋夫與孟姜女哭長城——為紀念「709」三週年而作 (Wife of 709 lawyer Wang Quanzhang marks third anniversary of husband detention)
inmediahk.net, June 20, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1057795

終院要面對自己的政治角色——與馬道立首席法官商榷(On political role of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal)
Ming Pao, June 20, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180620/s00022/1529413319598

Access to Justice (司法公正)

在抖音上晒“老赖”　南宁一法院新举措获最高法点赞(Supreme People’s Court “likes” judgments on debt defaulters by local court in Guangxi disseminated on social network site Dou Yin)
China Economic Net, June 20, 2018
http://www.ce.cn/xwzx/fazhi/201806/20/t20180620_29478874.shtml

Access to Information (信息公开)

China to clamp down on magic, demons, “historical taboos” in TV dramas
Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-to-clamp-down-on-magic-demons-historical-taboos-in-tv-dramas-06192018115509.html

美国脱口秀讽习近平 中国微博讨论被删(Discussions of John Oliver’s China segment removed from Weibo)
Radio France Internationale, June 20, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180620-美国脱口秀讽习近平-中国微博讨论被删

厉害了！中国记协：新闻事业“蓬勃发展”？(All-China Journalists’ Association reports on “healthy growth” of Chinese journalism)
Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/hc-06192018104507.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

广东佛山村民不满政府私拍土地加设围墙 百人包围表达抗议(Hundred Guangdong villagers protest against land sale by government)
Radio Free Asia, June 20, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-06202018100622.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China loses critic as United States pulls out of UN Human Rights Council, analysts say
South China Morning Post, June 20, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2151684/china-loses-critic-united-states-pulls-out-un-human

Related:
China says it regrets U.S. quitting U.N. rights council
Reuters, June 20, 2018
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-un-rights-usa-china/china-says-it-regrets-u-s-quitting-u-n-rights-council-idUSKBN1JG0W1

中国网民热议美国退出联合国人权理事会 (U.S. withdrawal form Human Rights Council a hot topic among Chinese netizens)
Radio Free Asia, June 20, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/junshiwaijiao/ql1-06202018100200.html

Local officials held accountable over environmental problems
Xinhua, June 18, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-06/18/c_137262925.htm?mc_cid=62c064dd9f&mc_eid=d60d414cea

European firms say China business “more difficult”
Channel NewsAsia, June 20, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/european-firms-say-china-business--more-difficult--10450656

Related:
Survey: Companies in China feel pressure to give up tech
The Washington Post, June 19, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/survey-companies-in-china-feel-pressure-to-give-up-tech/2018/06/19/f9077846-7432-11e8-bda1-18e53a448a14_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.effe5d97d47d

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Chinese hackers targeting satellite and defense firms, researchers find
Politico, June 19, 2018
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/19/chinese-hackers-targeted-satellite-and-defense-firms-researchers-find-1442591

Hong Kong (香港)

Children’s books with LGBTQ themes disappear from shelves at Hong Kong libraries amid pressure from anti-gay group
Hong Kong Free Press, June 20, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/20/childrens-books-lgbtq-themes-disappear-shelves-hong-kong-libraries-amid-pressure-anti-gay-group/

【辱警罪】警協新主席林志偉爭取立法：保障香港警察尊嚴！(Junior Police Officers’ Association fights to criminalize insults of police officers)
HK01, June 19, 2018
https://www.hk01.com/社會新聞/201052/辱警罪-警協新主席林志偉爭取立法-保障香港警察尊嚴

北大法律学者竟“指示”香港法院拒绝一地两检司法覆核 (Peking University law professor “instructs” Hong Kong courts to abstain from judicial review of co-location arrangement)
Radio France Internationale, June 19, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180619-北大法律学者竟指示香港法院拒绝一地两检司法覆核

Commentary (评论)

Patriotism may hold key to China births challenge
South China Morning Post, June 19, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2151359/patriotism-may-hold-key-china-births-challenge

Thank you Dept. of Justice, but Hongkongers will decide for themselves whether the judiciary is independent
Hong Kong Free Press, June 19, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/19/thank-dept-justice-hongkongers-will-decide-whether-judiciary-independent/

Why the “comfort women” issue still matters, 70 years later
The Diplomat, June 19, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/06/why-the-comfort-women-issue-still-matters-70-years-later/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Beijing is holding U.S. citizens “hostage” in China
The Daily Beast, June 18, 2018
https://www.thedailybeast.com/beijing-is-holding-us-citizens-hostage-in-china

人民法院组织法修订草案二审 领导干部干预司法活动或将被追责 (Draft Amended Organic Law of the People’s Courts to impose liabilities on judicial interference by key officials)
Xinhua Net, June 19, 2018
http://www.cankaoxiaoxi.com/china/20180619/2282041.shtml

人民检察院组织法修订草案二审稿提交审议 (Draft Amended Organic Law of the People’s Procuratorates to expand supervisory power over administrative agencies)
Legal Daily, June 19, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-06/19/content_7572080.htm?node=5955

China’s forced TV confessions report now out in Chinese
Boxun, June 19, 2018
http://en.boxun.com/2018/06/19/chinas-forced-tv-confessions-report-now-out-in-chinese/

Related:
揭露电视认罪：背下警方写好的台词 (Safeguard Defenders publishes report on China’s forced TV confessions)
Deutsche Welle, June 19, 2018
http://p.dw.com/p/2zpnx

Access to Information (信息公开)

Japanese airlines make Taiwan name switch to “China Taiwan” on websites
South China Morning Post, June 19, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2151384/japanese-airlines-make-taiwan-name-switch-china-taiwan

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

火车司机北京纪念铁路工人节遭维稳 (Three railroad workers arrested for advocating establishment of World Railroad Workers Day)
Voice of America, June 19, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-chinese-train-engine-drivers-detained-for-advocating-for-labor-rights-20180618/4443839.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

“三公”消费做假账，严查！（监督哨） (Heightened scrutiny of false claims for reimbursement on travel, entertainment, and meals)
People's Daily，June 19, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0619/c1001-30064727.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Beijing subway to install facial recognition as fears grow of China surveillance powers
The Telegraph, June 19, 2018
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/06/19/beijing-subway-install-facial-recognition-fears-grow-china-surveillance/

Traffic police in southern Chinese city target drivers with hi-tech cameras
South China Morning Post, June 17, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2151179/traffic-police-southern-chinese-city-target-drivers-hi-tech

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

China adds to nuclear arsenal amid military modernisation drive
South China Morning Post, June 18, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2151325/china-adds-nuclear-arsenal-amid-military-modernisation

Hong Kong (香港)

时代广场拟申禁制令 刘晓波铜像移师百德新街 (Liu Xiaobo statuemoves to Paterson Street due to Times Square owner’s demand)
inmediahk.net, June 19, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1057780

Organisers of Hong Kong democracy march say police are infringing freedoms as protesters warned of possible arrest
Hong Kong Free Press, June 19, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/19/organisers-hong-kong-democracy-march-say-police-infringing-freedoms-protesters-warned-possible-arrest/

游蕙祯：香港政治和我们的想象完全不同了 (Convicted former Hong Kong legislative council member: Hong Kong law is being used to crack down on political dissidents)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 19, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-44518872

香港记者协会对《国歌条例草案》建议内容之意见书 (Hong Kong Journalists Association: National Anthem Bill impairs freedom of expression)
inmediahk.net, June 20, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1057784

Commentary (评论)

Comparing the brainwashing of Uighurs with the party’s anti-Falun Gong campaign
China Change, June 18, 2018
https://chinachange.org/2018/06/18/comparing-the-brainwashing-of-uighurs-with-the-partys-anti-falun-gong-campaign/

Inside the Chinese censorship rabbit hole
Sup China, June 19, 2018
https://supchina.com/2018/06/18/inside-the-censorship-rabbit-hole-whats-approved-denied-in-china/

Access to Information (信息公开)

忠实履行党的新闻舆论工作职责使命 不断提升传播力引导力影响力公信力 (Xi Jinping demands party loyalty from People’s Daily and other media)
People's Daily，June 16, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0616/c1001-30062836.html

China’s official news media sharply criticize Trump
The New York Times, June 16, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/16/business/china-media-trump-tariffs.html

重磅！不动产登记全国联网 名下多少套房一查就知道 (National real estate registration is set up to assist corruption investigations)
Global Times, June 18, 2018
http://xinwen.eastday.com/a/180618132003625.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

为纪念六四 山东退休教授孙文广被关黑监狱43天 (Shandong retired professor Sun Wenguang was detained 43 days in black jail for commemorating June Fourth)
Radio Free Asia, June 18, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-06182018101030.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

中国英烈保护法寒蝉效应 史学研究担心紧箍咒 (Scholars worry Heroes and Martyrs Protection Law will chill freedom of historical research)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 18, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-44492141

北京:市纪委监委机关干部不准打官腔摆架子 (Beijing party and city commissions for discipline inspection and supervision ban ten behaviors among their officials )
People's Daily，June 18, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0618/c1001-30064164.html

中船重工集团总经理孙波涉嫌严重违纪违法被查 (Manager of China Shipbuilding Industry Corp is investigated for serious disciplinary and legal violations)
People's Daily，June 16, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0616/c1001-30063430.html

中国上市公司被要求设立党支部 (Chinese listed companies are required to establish party branches)
Radio Free Asia, June 18, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/ql2-06182018100406.html

Officials in China's Hunan slammed over high school tuberculosis outbreak
Radio Free Asia, June 15, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hunan-tb-06152018145159.html

证监会召开打击股市“黑嘴”案件调度推进 会夯实证据严格追究法律责任 (China Securities Regulatory Commission to intensify “black mouth” campaign to prosecute frauds, Ponzi schemes, and “fake news”)
Legal Daily, June 18, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-06/18/content_7571572.htm?node=5955

江西省委常委会：要持续开展殡葬乱象治理，全面推行遗体火化 (Funeral service reform in Jiangxi Province: a push for 100% cremation )
The Paper, June 14, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2197717

How China censors the net: by making sure there’s too much information
The Guardian, June 16, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/16/how-china-censors-internet-information

Vatican, China in new round of talks on appointment of bishops
Reuters, June 15, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pope-china/vatican-china-in-new-round-of-talks-on-appointment-of-bishops-idUSKBN1JB2ON?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Beijing wants to rewrite the rules of the Internet
The Atlantic, June 18, 2018
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/06/zte-huawei-china-trump-trade-cyber/563033/?utm_source=feed

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

中国明确恐怖极端主义定罪标准 针对维吾尔人？ (China defines the criteria for conviction of terrorist extremism, aimed to Uighurs?)
Radio Free Asia, June 15, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/hj-06152018104943.html

Australia to ban Chinese technology giant from mobile data project
Voice of America, June 17, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/australia-to-ban-chinese-technology-giant-from-mobile-data-project/4442432.html

Related:
Huawei rejects Australia security concerns
BBC News, June 18, 2018
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44519495

Hong Kong (香港)

香港公布七一大游行主题：结束一党专政 (Hong Kong Civil Human Rights Front announces the theme of July 1 Parade: End one-party dictatorship)
Radio Free Asia, June 18, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp2-06182018145342.html

香港团体“端午节”悼念刘晓波促放刘霞 (Hong Kong Group mourns Liu Xiaobo and urges release of Liu Xia on day of Dragon Boat Festival)
Radio Free Aisa, June 18, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-06182018102416.html

Related:
香港刘晓波铜像遭警告须移走 民团斥政治打压 (Civil society denounces Times Square owner’s threat to remove Liu Xiaobo statue)
Radio Free Asia, June 17, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-06172018144308.html

Chinese agent orchestrating HPV vaccine protest against US medical firm Merck in Hong Kong is profiting from offering the jab
South China Morning Post, June 18, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/2151180/chinese-agent-orchestrating-hpv-vaccine-protest

Hong Kong’s July 1 march participants could face legal action over start point in shopping areas, police chief Stephen Lo warns
South China Morning Post, June 16, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2151112/hong-kongs-july-1-march-organisers-face

Explainer: How Hong Kong’s controversial rail link law was pushed through using four unprecedented tactics
South China Morning Post, June 16, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/16/explainer-hong-kongs-controversial-rail-link-law-pushed-using-four-unprecedented-tactics/

Related:
Hong Kong pair to launch judicial review applications over controversial joint checkpoint plan for high-speed rail
South China Morning Post, June 16, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2151071/hong-kong-pair-launch-judicial-review-applications-over

Rights group hits out at dual checkpoint plan for Hong Kong
Radio Free Asia, June 18, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/checkpoint-06182018105419.html

Commentary (评论)

Exiled in the U.S., a lawyer warns of “China’s long arm”
The New York Times, June 15, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/world/asia/teng-biao-china-censorship.html

In translation: “To stay or to leave Hong Kong?” – A letter from jailed localist Edward Leung, written before his sentencing
Hong Kong Free Press, June 16, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/16/translation-stay-leave-hong-kong-letter-jailed-localist-edward-leung-written-ahead-sentencing/

Kim Jong-Un’s Air China summit charter is proof Beijing is wind beneath his wings
South China Morning Post, June 17, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/2150738/kim-jong-uns-air-china-summit-charter-proof-beijing-wind-beneath

Protecting child rights in Hong Kong will take more than an official commission
South China Morning Post, June 15, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2150906/protecting-child-rights-hong-kong-will-take-more

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Nearly half of Xinjiang Village’s residents sent to ‘Political Re-Education Camps’: official
Radio Free Asia, June 15, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/half-06142018132115.html

黄琦案庭审突被取消 “六四天网”义工提出质疑 (Scheduled Wang Qi trial is suddenly canceled, 64Tianwang volunteers seek answer)
Radio Free Asia, June 15, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf2-06152018102754.html

毒奶粉十周年：结石宝宝之家蒋亚林赴港遭拦截 (At 10th anniversary of tainted milk powder scandal, “Home of Kidney Stone Babies” founder, Jiang Yalin, is barred from traveling to Hong Kong)
Radio Free Asia, June 15, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-06152018104209.html

山西男子朋友圈辱骂交警被拘 律师:警方处罚没问题 (Man arrested for insulting traffic police on Wechat)
China News, June 15, 2018
http://xinwen.eastday.com/a/n180615182437642.html?qid=news.baidu.com

四部门发文明确恐怖活动和极端主义犯罪定罪标准等 (Joint guidelines by Supreme People's Procuratorate, Supreme People's Court, Ministry of Justice, and Ministry of Public Safety set out standards on crimes of terrorism, extremism)
China News, June 15, 2018
https://3w.huanqiu.com/a/4e2d56fd65b095fb7f51/7DL4lrATsSk?agt=8

发改委：每月首个工作日公布限制乘火车飞机人员名单 (National Development and Reform Commission to post travel ban list on the first work day of every month on China Credit website)
China News, June 15, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-06/15/content_7571040.htm?node=5955

Access to Information (信息公开)

Reuters Inst. study flags impact of Chinese money on independence of Hong Kong media
Hong Kong Free Press, June 15, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/15/reuters-inst-study-flags-impact-chinese-money-independence-hong-kong-media/

洪振快“狼牙山五壮士”案开庭 (Court hears counter-suit by former editor of liberal CPC journal alleging defamation by PLA publications concerning his probe on veracity of resistance episode during Sino-Japanese War)
Radio Free Asia, June 15, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kejiaowen/ql2-06152018104257.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Funeral of Chinese activist canceled amid doubts about death
Radio Free Asia, June 15, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/funeral-of-chinese-activist-canceled-06152018102144.html

Inside a Chinese labor camp: Q&A with Leon Lee, director of “Letter From Masanjia”
Sup China, June 15, 2018
https://supchina.com/2018/06/15/qa-with-leon-lee-director-of-letter-from-masanjia/

中国跨性别群体：不再躲藏 向前迈进 (Transgender groups in China: No more hiding)
Radio Free Asia, June 14, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/hj-06142018105453.html

616铁路工人节在即 铁路工人遭强力稳控 (Railroad workers subject to harsh restrictions in lead up to June 16 Railroad Workers’ Day)
Radio Free Asia, June 15, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-06152018104417.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

中國首例地方政府欠薪　湖南耒陽欠公務員工資 (Leiyang in Hunan becomes the first local government to miss payroll)
Oriental Daily News, June 15, 2018
http://hk.on.cc/cn/bkn/cnt/news/20180615/bkncn-20180615211331182-0615_05011_001.html

国际人权组织联署促欧盟直面中国人权 (International human rights NGOs urge EU to press China on human rights)
Voice of America, June 15, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/rights-groups-eu-chinese-human-rights-20180615/4440260.html

Related:
NGOs to EU on Human Rights Crisis in China: “Failure to Robustly Challenge China’s Abusive Conduct Helps Enable it”
Human Rights in China, June 15, 2018
https://www.hrichina.org/sites/default/files/joint_ngo_letter_to_presidents_tusk_and_juncker_-_eu-china_summit_-_13_june_2018.pdf

中国当局强迫藏人学唱红歌迎“七一” (Chinese authorities force Tibetans to “Sing Red” to celebrate July 1 National Day)
Radio Free Asia, June 14, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-06142018094815.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong justice department warns insulting judges online could amount to contempt of court
South China Morning Post, June 15, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2150878/hong-kong-justice-department-warns-insulting

China to have joint immigration control of new Hong Kong rail terminus
The Guardian, June 15, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/15/china-to-have-joint-immigration-control-of-new-hong-kong-rail-terminus

【割地成真】一地兩檢三讀通過　西九站劃內地管轄區　實行內地法律 (Critics say passage of law on co-location checkpoints allowing enforcement of mainland law inside West Kowloon Station is tantamount to concession of Hong Kong territory)
The Stand News, June 15, 2018
https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/割地成真-一地兩檢三讀通過-西九站劃內地管轄區-實行內地法律/

Related:
民主派向立法會主席提出不信任議案 (Pan Dems draft “no confidence” motion against LegCo president)
inmediahk.net, June 15, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1057712

【一地兩檢集會】學生斥梁君彥濫權玩晒 站出來對抗議會暴力 (Students vow resistance against co-location “violence,” accuse Legco president of abuse of power)
inmediahk.net, June 15, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1057706

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

路透：中国对台湾黑客攻击更隐秘难追踪 (Reuters: China-originated hacker activities targeting Taiwan are becoming harder to detect)
Voice of America, June 15, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/chinese-cyber-taiwan-20180615/4440547.html

Commentary (评论)

高考作文与政治体检 (Essays in Gaokao—college entrance exam—are tests for political correctness)
The Financial Times, June 15, 2018
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001078026?adchannelID=&full=y

On gay marriage in Hong Kong, equal rights should get priority over social prejudice
South China Morning Post, June 14, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2150600/gay-marriage-hong-kong-equal-rights-should-get-priority-over

Justice seen to be done over Mong Kok despite claims of opposition
South China Morning Post, June 14, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2150683/justice-seen-be-done-over-mong-kok-despite-claims-opposition

Access to Justice (司法公正)

拒删论坛“政治类有害信息”被捕 许华案庭审突取消 (Arrested for refusing to remove “harmful political information” from forum, hearing on Xu Hua’s case is suddenly cancelled)
Radio Free Asia, June 14, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-06142018094313.html

最高法微信公号评顾雏军再审案：让公众认识到庭审不是走过场 (Supreme People’s Court comments on Chujun Gu case via Wechat account: Must focus on transparency and legitimacy of trial process)
The Paper, June 14, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2196286

“战狼式强拆”有望根本解决，多个战区推进涉军维权协作 (Numerous military units collaborate to provide comprehensive legal services and streamlined procedures on rights-related complaints for military personnel)
The Paper, June 14, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2195955

Access to Information (信息公开)

Internal memo reveals tighter regulations on Chinese films and television dramas
Sup China, June 12, 2018
https://supchina.com/2018/06/12/internal-memo-reveals-tighter-regulations-on-chinese-films-and-television-dramas/

北京独立书店被要求下架一系列境内出版物 (Beijing independent book store ordered to take series of domestic publications off shelves)
Voice of America, June 14, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/independent-book-store-beijing-take-down-sensitive-books-201806013/4438234.html

China is spending billions on its foreign-language media
The Economist, June 14, 2018
https://www.economist.com/china/2018/06/16/china-is-spending-billions-on-its-foreign-language-media

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese truck drivers, activists warn of more protests over fuel, fines and cutthroat rates
South China Morning Post, June 14, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2150876/chinese-truck-drivers-activists-warn-more-protests-over

China's transgenders “step forward” from the shadows
AFP, June 14, 2018
https://www.afp.com/en/news/717/chinas-transgenders-step-forward-shadows-doc-15o6dw1

中国再传退伍军人维权集结号 (Veterans assemble to call for rights defense in China again)
Voice of America, June 14, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-latest-former-pla-men-protest-20180614/4438473.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

涉買賣官職 紅二代官員落馬 (2nd generation red officer steps down on suspicion of buying and selling official positions)
Mingpao, June 13, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180614/s00013/1528913821494

西安市纪委监委介入调查“慈善资助副局长儿赴美留学” (Xi'an Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection involved in investigating "use of charity funds to support U.S. study abroad for deputy secretary’s son")
Beijing News, June 13, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/06/13/491015.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

大陸「監控股」獲海外基金追捧　西方資金變相支持新疆監控 (China’s “monitoring" stock is chased by foreign funds, Western money is thereby indirectly supporting monitoring of Xinjiang)
The Stand News, June 14, 2018
https://www.thestandnews.com/china/大陸-監控股-獲海外基金追捧-西方資金變相支持新疆監控/

监控国民大跃进 新车将强制安装识别芯片 (A great leap forward for citizen monitoring: new vehicles required to install ID chips)
Radio Free Asia, June 13, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hc-06132018110443.html

Hong Kong (香港)

立法會三讀通過高鐵一地兩檢條例草案 (After 3rd reading, LegCo passes XRL co-location draft)
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 14, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1401770-20180614.htm

Related:
一地兩檢最後審議　梁君彥拒5名昨被逐議員開會 (Andrew Leung prevents 5 LegCo members, who were removed from chamber yesterday, from participating in final review of XRL co-location case)
The Stand News, June 14, 2018
https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/一地兩檢最後審議-梁君彥拒5名昨被逐議員開會/

立會審議一地兩檢條例草案　民主派全數修正案被否決 (LegCo vetoes all pan-democrat amendments during review of co-location case)
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 14, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1401739-20180614.htm

Domestic helpers on the march in Hong Kong to demand better living and working conditions
South China Morning Post, June 14, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2150797/domestic-helpers-march-hong-kong-demand-better-living-and

Commentary (评论)

Why are Hong Kong’s "localists" on their own?
香港本土派为何在孤军奋战？
The New York Times, June 14, 2018
https://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20180614/hong-kongs-localists-edward-leung/dual/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

北京一中院：对于律师的调查取证申请，办案机关必须予以回应 (Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court: Case handling agency must respond to lawyer's application for investigation and evidence collection)
The Paper, June 13, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2192718

Access to Information (信息公开)

China formally arrests author who penned article criticizing president's speech
Radio Free Asia, June 13, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/author-06132018111007.html

警方：一男子造谣称重庆医科大学落马校长自杀身亡，被拘3日 (Netizen jailed for 3 days for spreading fake suicide news regarding disgraced university president in Chongqing via Wechat)
Shang You News, June 13, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2191454

民航局公布首批86名失信人被禁乘飞机1年 (Civil Aviation Administration of China releases list of 86 defaulters with one-year air travel bans)
People’s Daily, June 13, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-06/13/content_7568474.htm?node=5955

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Tycoon Gu Chujun’s case review provides latest test of China’s treatment of private sector
South China Morning Post, June 13, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2150579/gu-chujun-case-review-provides-latest-test-chinas

Chinese women struggle for workplace equality
Financial Times, June 13, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/4daf100a-6e4f-11e8-92d3-6c13e5c92914

廣州漢羈押期間亡　家屬逾2年後獲悉遺體將火化 (Family members of Zhang Liumao, who died mysteriously in detention, receive cremation notice after being denied right to view Zhang’s body for 2 years)
Oriental Daily News, June 13, 2018
http://hk.on.cc/cn/bkn/cnt/news/20180613/bkncn-20180613184741414-0613_05011_001.html

流亡藏人丹增唯色：中国境内家属遭拘押迫害 (Chinese authorities detain and harass family members of exiled Tibetan Tenzin Woeser)
Radio Free Asia, June 12, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-06122018094448.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

In China’s far west, companies cash in on surveillance program that targets Muslims
Foreign Policy, June 13, 2018
http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/06/13/in-chinas-far-west-companies-cash-in-on-surveillance-program-that-targets-muslims/

美大學研發十億像素超級相機　落入中國變大規模監控工具 (1 billion pixel super camera developed by U.S. university became mass monitoring tool in China)
The Stand News, June 13, 2018
https://www.thestandnews.com/china/美大學研發十億像素超級相機-落入中國變大規模監控工具

Related:
How a powerful spy camera invented at Duke ended up in China’s hands
杜克大學研發的十億像素超級相機如何落入中國手中？
The Wall Street Journal, June 11, 2018
EN: https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-a-powerful-spy-camera-invented-at-duke-ended-up-in-chinas-hands-1528714895
CH: https://cn.wsj.com/articles/CT-TEC-20180612123012

滴滴：即将局部恢复顺风车夜间订单，但男车主只能接男乘客 (Didi to resume late night ride sharing services, drivers and riders must be of same sex)
The Paper, June 13, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2192491

Hong Kong (香港)

Under new plan, Hong Kong’s rural election candidates may have to sign form pledging allegiance to China
Hong Kong Free Press, June 13, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/13/new-plan-hong-kongs-rural-election-candidates-may-sign-form-pledging-allegiance-china/

No gov’t investigation into Mong Kok unrest following sentencing of localist Edward Leung, says Hong Kong leader
Hong Kong Free Press, June 13, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/13/no-govt-investigation-mong-kok-unrest-following-sentencing-localist-edward-leung-says-hong-kong-leader/

Law Society trailblazer to speak her mind
The Standard, June 13, 2018
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=196772&sid=11&sid=11

HKSAR LegCo finishes second reading of XRL co-location bill
香港特区立法会完成广深港高铁“一地两检”条例草案二读
Xinhua, June 13, 2018
EN: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-06/13/c_137251534.htm
CH: http://www.xinhuanet.com/2018-06/13/c_1122981729.htm

Related:
立會通過一地兩儉草案二讀 五民主派議員被驅離會議廳 (LegCo finishes second reading of XRL co-location bill, 5 pan-democracy members kicked out of chamber)
Think Hong Kong, June 13, 2018
http://www.thinkhk.com/article/2018-06/13/27518.html

警員到立法會蒐證　梁君彥指有職員執勤受傷感遺憾 (Police arrive at LegCo to gather evidence, Andrew Leung regretful about injured staff members)
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 13, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1401556-20180613.htm

毛孟靜對警方到會議廳蒐證表示非常遺憾　指惡人先告狀 (Claudia Mo disappointed about police officers gathering evidence inside LegCo chamber: “The thief cries thief”)
Radio Television Hong Kong, Juen 13, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1401551-20180613.htm

Access to Justice (司法公正)

穿六四文化衫被失踪 六四酒案超期羁押两年 (Citizen who wore June Fourth shirt disappeared, activists in Chengdu Liusi Jiu case not yet tried despite over 2 years in detention)
Radio Free Asia, June 11, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-06112018094939.html

江西掛「平反六四」標語　三人涉煽動顛覆國家政權被捕 (3 activists who displayed June Fourth banner in Jiangxi arrested for inciting “subversion of state power”)
The Stand News, June 12, 2018
https://www.thestandnews.com/china/江西掛-平反六四-標語-三人涉煽動顛覆國家政權被捕/

全国首例侵犯烈士名誉案宣判 一网民被判公开道歉 (1st Chinese netizen prosecuted and sentenced to publicly apologize for crime of slandering "heroes and martyrs" since passage of Heroes and Martyrs Protection Act in April)
China News, June 12, 2018
http://xinwen.eastday.com/a/n180612170859455.html

Related:
全國首宗侵犯烈士名譽案江蘇開審　男網民被判透過傳媒公開道歉 (1st case of “slandering heroes and martyrs" tried in Jiangsu, netizen sentenced to apologize publicly through the media)
HK01, June 12, 2018
https://www.hk01.com/即時中國/198377/全國首宗侵犯烈士名譽案江蘇開審-男網民被判透過傳媒公開道歉

治老赖新招：湖南浏阳法院通过农村广播播报被执行人信息 (Village court in Hunan Province broadcasts debtor’s judgment over public radio system, a practice expected to be expanded to more villages in the future)
The Paper, June 12, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2190907

Citizen participation (公民参与)

Elderly woman exonerated after being jailed for petitioning over land dispute in China
South China Morning Post, June 12, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2150471/elderly-woman-exonerated-after-being-jailed-petitioning

Three detained in China over poster campaign on massacre anniversary
Radio Free Asia, June 12, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/poster-06122018105644.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Need a personal loan? Sure, if you’re a Communist Party member
South China Morning Post, June 12, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2150451/need-personal-loan-sure-if-youre-communist-party-member

Hong Kong (香港)

Organizers of Hong Kong’s annual July 1 march running out of time as venue fallback plan rejected
South China Morning Post, June 12, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2150446/organisers-hong-kongs-annual-july-1-march

Public should not make claims about court’s ‘political judgments’ or ‘romanticise’ civil disobedience, Chief Exec. says
Hong Kong Free Press, June 12, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/12/public-not-make-claims-courts-political-judgments-romanticise-civil-disobedience-chief-exec-says/

Statue to Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo erected in Hong Kong’s Times Square despite protest from building’s owner
South China Morning Post, June 12, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2150424/statue-nobel-peace-prize-winner-liu-xiaobo-erected-times

Pro-Beijing candidate wins Eastern
The Standard, June 12, 2018
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=196718&sid=4&sid=4

China's Navy Commissions 41st Type 056/056A Stealth Warship
The Diplomat, June 12, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/06/chinas-navy-commissions-41st-type-056056a-stealth-warship/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China slaps prominent human rights lawyer with effective travel ban
“709”律师王宇被限制出境
Radio Free Asia, June 8, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/lawyer-passport-06082018143032.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf2-06082018091126.html

中国三知名维权律师被当局正式吊销执业证 (Chinese authorities revoke law licenses of 3 prominent rights defense lawyers)
Voice of America, June 11, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-three-prominent-rights-attorney-debarred-20180611/4433355.html

Police in China's Shandong detain 23 petitioners, cutting short their vacation
Radio Free Asia, June 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/petitioners-06082018123740.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China’s national media places rare blame on ZTE
The Diplomat, June 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/strike-06112018112639.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China's truck drivers stage strike over rising costs, low fees
Radio Free Asia, June 11, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/strike-06112018112639.html

南京史氏父子赴港悼念六四遭打压 (Father and son detained after participating in June Fourth Hong Kong rally)
Radio Free Asia, June 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-06082018091237.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Underpaid and exhausted: the human cost of your Kindle
The Guardian, June 9, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jun/09/human-cost-kindle-amazon-china-foxconn-jeff-bezos

At least 3 electrocuted in street during south China storms
South China Morning Post, June 7, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2150231/least-3-electrocuted-street-during-south-china-storms

基层一直监管乏力！打击“微腐败”，乡镇到底该做什么？ (National Supervisory Commission extends reach to village level)
Legal Daily, June 11, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-06/11/content_7567247.htm?node=5955

The forgotten farm families in Beijing’s anti-poverty campaign: how China’s rural poor fall through the cracks
South China Morning Post, June 11, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2149994/forgotten-farm-families-beijings-anti-poverty-campaign-how-chinas

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

北京整治村庄安全 变相清理“低端人口”？(Beijing increases security in villages, a disguised form of the cleanup “low-end population" campaign?)
Radio Free Asia, June 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-06082018091025.html

China-hosted SCO summit “unity” contrasts with G7 disarray
Al Jazeera, June 10, 2018
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/06/china-hosted-sco-summit-unity-contrasts-g7-disarray-180610082344876.html

上合峰會發《青島宣言》　倡建全球反恐統一戰線 (SCO summit issues the Qingdao Declaration, advocates for a global counterterrorism alliance)
Oriental Daily News, June 10, 2018
http://hk.on.cc/cn/bkn/cnt/news/20180610/bkncn-20180610192050140-0610_05011_001.html

定了！“上合”未来要干这些大事 (18th SCO Summit releases Joint Statement of Heads of Member States of SCO on Promoting Trade Facilitation)
People’s Daily, June 11, 2018
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2018/06-11/8535032.shtml

Related
Xi clarifies SCO direction, outlines future goals
People’s Daily, June 11, 2018
http://en.people.cn/n3/2018/0611/c90000-9469969.html

Chinese hackers steal unclassified data from navy contractor
中国黑客窃取美国海军作战敏感数据
The New York Times, June 11, 2018
https://cn.nytimes.com/usa/20180611/china-hack-navy-contractor-/dual/

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong activist Edward Leung, the face of city’s independence movement, jailed for six years over Mong Kok riot
South China Morning Post, June 11, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2150156/hong-kong-activist-edward-leung-face-citys

Related
Edward Leung 6-year jail sentence “political retribution,” says ex-lawmaker as democrats rally around localist
Hong Kong Free Press, June 11, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/11/edward-leung-6-year-jail-sentence-political-retribution-says-ex-lawmaker-democrats-rally-around-localist/

彭定康回應梁天琦被判刑　批評公安條例被用作政治用途 (Ex-governor Chris Patten criticizes Public Order Ordinance as being “vague" and “open to abuse”)
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 11, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1401041-20180611.htm

时代广场指物业遭非法占用向刘晓波塑像摆设人下逐客令 (Time Square Hong Kong claims their property is illegally occupied, expulsion order is issued to owner of Liu Xiaobo Statue)
Radio France Internationale, June 10, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/港澳台/20180610-时代广场指物业遭非法占用向刘晓波塑像摆设人下逐客令

Commentary (评论)

Who are China’s political prisoners? A human rights assessment, 29 years after the Tiananmen Massacre
Hong Kong Free Press, June 10, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/10/chinas-political-prisoners-human-rights-assessment-29-years-tiananmen-massacre/

Here’s how to re-educate an entire ethnic group
Al Arabiya Network, June 11, 2018
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/2018/06/11/Here-s-how-to-re-educate-an-entire-ethnic-group.html

廖亦武：“中国早已是洗脑式独裁” (Liao Yiwu: China is already a brainwashing dictatorship)
Deutsche Welle, June 09, 2018
http://p.dw.com/p/2zCba

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Friends, family of “suicide” activist under house arrest in China's Hunan
Radio Free Asia, June 7, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/friends-06072018114354.html

青岛上合峰会厉害了 异议人士被延长“旅游”(“Forced travel” for Chinese activists continues after June Fourth anniversary in lead up to SCO summit)
Radio Free Asia, June 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-06082018090911.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

微自由：如果镇压六四伟光正，咋不让人纪念胜利？(If the June Forth crackdown was so glorious and correct, why aren’t people allowed to commemorate this “victory?”)
Radio Free Asia, June 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/freedom-06072018162953.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Shortage of HPV anti-cancer drug Gardasil in Hong Kong prompts protest outside Merck offices in Causeway Bay
South China Morning Post, June 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/2149922/shortage-hpv-cancer-drug-gardasil-hong-kong

多国法律界联署谴责中国打压维权律师 (Legal professionals from around the world jointly condemn China's crackdown on rights lawyers)
Radio Free Asia, June 7, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-06072018092039.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Tibetan advocate’s prison term in China is condemned
联合国人权专家谴责中国刑囚藏语倡导者扎西文色
The New York Times, June 8, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/07/world/asia/china-tashi-wangchuk.html
CH:https://cn.nytimes.com/world/20180608/china-tashi-wangchuk/

八九民运人士李旺阳雕像在美落成” (Statue of Tiananmen activist Li Wangyang unveiled in U.S.)
Radio France Internationale, June 8, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180608-八九民运人士李旺阳雕像在美落成

中纪委公布50名外逃人员线索 (Central Commission for Discipline Inspection reveals list of 50 fugitives, calls on public to report them)
Radio Free Asia, June 7, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/hj-06072018143153.html

Swedish press jointly urges China to free detained bookseller Gui Minhai
The Diplomat, June 8, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/06/swedish-press-jointly-urges-china-to-free-detained-bookseller-gui-minhai/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Chinese firms in surveillance race
The Standard, June 8, 2018
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=196640&sid=5&sid=5

Why Facebook’s tie-up with Chinese smartphone giant Huawei is the sum of all fears in U.S.
South China Morning Post, June 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2149820/why-facebooks-tie-chinese-smartphone-giant-huawei

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

What is China's objective with the 2018 16+1 Summit?
The Diplomat, June 8, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/06/what-is-chinas-objective-with-the-2018-161-summit/

What to look for when the leaders of China, Russia, Iran and India meet for this year’s Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit
South China Morning Post, June 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2149811/what-look-when-leaders-china-russia-iran-and-india-meet

Hong Kong (香港)

Rewriting history? Hong Kong education turns into political battleground
Hong Kong Free Press, June 8, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/08/rewriting-history-hong-kong-education-turns-political-battleground/

Hong Kong gay rights suffer setbacks
Voice of America, June 7, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/hong-kong-gay-rights-suffer-setbacks/4428279.html

Pro-democracy camp calls for last stand against high-speed rail joint checkpoint bill
Hong Kong Free Press, June 8, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/08/pro-democracy-camp-calls-last-stand-high-speed-rail-joint-checkpoint-bill/

Related
香港关注组将集会反对西九高铁站一地两检 (Concerned Hong Kong groups rally against high-speed rail joint checkpoint)
Voice of America, June 8, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/hk-co-location-arrangement-20180608/4430360.html

Commentary (评论)

Universities in China have a lot to learn
South China Morning Post, June 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2149815/universities-china-have-lot-learn

Access to Information (信息公开)

China fires, probes top newspaper chief who “opposed censorship”
Radio Free Asia, June 6, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/secretary-06062018133422.html

Pharma groups fall foul of China data transfer rules
中国限制对外转移科学数据引发担忧
Financial Times, June 7, 2018
EN: https://www.ft.com/content/69a44c36-689a-11e8-8cf3-0c230fa67aec
CH: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001077934

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

藏港台民运会议商讨形成对抗中共统一阵线 (Democracy activists from Tibet, Hong Kong, and Taiwan discuss forming alliance to resist CPC)
Voice of America, June 7, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/pro-democracy-activist-roundtable-20180606/4428178.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

In Pictures: Performers across the world pose as iconic “tank man” to commemorate China’s Tiananmen Massacre
Hong Kong Free Press, June 7, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/07/pictures-performers-across-world-pose-iconic-tank-man-commemorate-chinas-tiananmen-massacre/

China’s online appeal for informants on corruption suspects living abroad
South China Morning Post, June 7, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2149676/chinas-online-appeal-informants-corruption-suspects-living-abroad

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Chinese visitors could soon “tap in” to Hong Kong using WeChat
Radio Free Asia, June 7, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/07/big-problem-facebook-deals-chinese-firm-draw-ire-us-lawmakers/

”This could be a very big problem”: Facebook deals with Chinese firm draw ire from US lawmakers
Hong Kong Free Press, June 7, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/07/big-problem-facebook-deals-chinese-firm-draw-ire-us-lawmakers/

Chinese users warned about voice activation amid Facebook privacy probe
Radio Free Asia, June 7, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chinese-users-warned-about-voice-activation-amid-facebook-privacy-probe-06062018114649.html

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

西藏过宗教节日 中国24小时巡查 (Chinese security officials on 24-hour patrol as Tibet celebrates religious festival)
Deutsche Welle, June 7, 2018
http://p.dw.com/p/2z44s

中国加强对西藏僧尼官员意识形态洗脑 (China intensifies ideological brainwashing of Tibetan monks, nuns, and public officers)
Radio Free Asia, June 6, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/hj-06062018123654.html

北京多个社区招聘“维稳信息员” (Multiple Beijing communities hire “Information Officers” for stability maintenance)
Voice of America, June 7, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/multiple-neighborhoods-in-beijing-seeking-informants-for-stability-maintence-20180606/4427688.html

China puts fight against extremism on regional security summit agenda
South China Morning Post, June 7, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2149743/china-puts-fight-against-extremism-regional-security

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong seeks compensation after being “dragged” into police van and cuffed at protest
Hong Kong Free Press, June 7, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/07/hong-kong-activist-joshua-wong-seeks-compensation-dragged-police-van-cuffed-protest/

Commentary (评论)

知识产权专家：个人信息保护制度亟须健全 (Intellectual property rights expert: a sound personal information protection system is needed urgently)
People's Daily, June 6, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2176239

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Tibetan writer detained for 11 days, released
Radio Free Asia, June 5, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/writer-06052018170111.html

六四周年严控陆续解禁 广东二维权人士仍失联 (Despite lifting of strict controls surrounding June 4, 2 Guangdong rights defenders still missing)
Radio Free Asia, June 6, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-06062018095112.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

中国微博上以89.64或64.89兑换纪念六四 (Authorities ban WeChat users from exchanging RMB 89.64 or 64.89 surrounding June 4)
Radio France Internationale, June 6, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180604-中国微博上以8964或6489兑换纪念六四

37 Swedish newspapers urge China to free detained publisher Gui Minhai
Hong Kong Free Press, June 6, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/06/37-swedish-newspapers-urge-china-free-detained-publisher-gui-minhai/

NüVoices: A new collective of women writers and artists launches in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Free Press, June 6, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/06/nuvoices-new-collective-women-writers-artists-launches-hong-kong

中联办辖下文汇报招聘舆情监测员职责如 “网管” “五毛” (Wen Wei Po newspaper to hire Public Sentiment Monitor, job duties similar to network administrator, Wumao)
Radio France Internationale, June 6, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/港澳台/20180606-中联办辖下文汇报招聘舆情监测员职责如网管五毛

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

方政获共产主义受难者基金会人权奖 (Fang Zheng receives human rights award from Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation)
Radio Free Asia, June 5, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yl-06052018104150.html

“Godfather” of China rock Cui Jian performs popular Tiananmen movement songs at low-key Guangzhou concert
Hong Kong Free Press, June 6, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/06/godfather-china-rock-cui-jian-performs-popular-tiananmen-movement-songs-low-key-guangzhou-concert

Road test site in trouble for inviting Buddhist monks
SupChina, June 5, 2018
https://supchina.com/2018/06/05/road-test-site-in-trouble-for-inviting-buddhist-monks

Hunan vocational school takes down anti-gay message
SupChina, June 4, 2018
https://supchina.com/2018/06/04/hunan-vocational-school-takes-down-anti-gay-message

Government Accountability (政府问责)

U.S. sets up task force over unexplained diplomatic health incidents
Reuters, June 5, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-diplomacy-health/u-s-sets-up-task-force-over-unexplained-diplomatic-health-incidents-idUSKCN1J12CF

China’s new highway could make or break this poor European country
Vice, June 5, 2018
https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/ywen7x/chinas-new-highway-could-make-or-break-this-poor-european-country

【被自殺6年】李旺陽雕像洛杉磯落成　李旺玲欲赴美遭中方禁出境 (6 years after suicide: Li Wangyang statue placed in Los Angeles, Li Wangling prevented from leaving China)
Hong Kong, June 6, 2018
https://www.hk01.com/即時中國/196425/被自殺6年-李旺陽雕像洛杉磯落成-李旺玲欲赴美遭中方禁出境

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Facebook gave data access to Chinese firm flagged by U.S. intelligence
Facebook与至少4家中国公司共享数据 The New York Times, June 5, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/05/technology/facebook-device-partnerships-china.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/technology/20180606/facebook-device-partnerships-china/

Related:
Facebook gave China-government linked Huawei access to user data
Sydney Morning Herald, June 6, 2018
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/facebook-gave-huawei-access-to-user-data-20180606-p4zjpn.html

Tencent's Ma unveils WeChat travel plan for China, H.K. bay area
Bloomberg, June 5, 2018
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-06/tencent-s-ma-unveils-wechat-travel-plan-for-china-h-k-bay-area

Report: U.S., ZTE sign deal to get Chinese firm operating again
Voice of America, June 5, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/report-us-zte-sign-deal-to-get-chinese-firm-operating-again/4426464.html

Related:
China's ZTE signs preliminary agreement to lift U.S. ban: Sources
Sydney Morning Herald, June 6, 2018
https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/china-s-zte-signs-preliminary-agreement-to-lift-us-ban-sources-20180606-p4zjog.html

China is suddenly full of nice things to say about blockchain technology
Quartz, June 6, 2018
https://qz.com/1298221/china-is-suddenly-full-of-nice-things-to-say-about-blockchain-technology

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

What’s next for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization?
The Diplomat, June 1, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/06/whats-next-for-the-shanghai-cooperation-organization

Related:
"Shanghai Spirit" helps build community with shared future for SCO members
Sina, June 6, 2018
http://english.sina.com/china/d/2018-06-06/detail-ihcqccip0526633.shtml

Ex-CIA officer’s case highlights fears about reach of Chinese spying
The Wall Street Journal, June 6, 2018
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ex-cia-officers-case-highlights-fears-about-reach-of-chinese-spying-1528282801

青岛高度戒备 反恐部队戴黑头套巡逻 (Qingdao on high alert, counterterrorism forces patrol wearing black hoods)
Radio Free Asia, June 6, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/ql1-06062018095323.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong localist Edward Leung may face retrial over Mong Kok riot charge that split jury
South China Morning Post, June 6, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2149540/hong-kong-localist-edward-leung-may-face

Head of Hong Kong legislature defends decision to limit joint checkpoint bill debate to 36 hours
Hong Kong Free Press, June 6, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/06/head-hong-kong-legislature-defends-decision-limit-joint-checkpoint-bill-debate-36-hours

Hui disciplinary hearing on hold
The Standard, June 6, 2018
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=196504&sid=4&sid=4

Will shift from Hong Kong politics to social activism give Occupy poster boy Joshua Wong’s Demosisto Party a new sense of purpose?
South China Morning Post, June 6, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2149422/hong-kongs-demosisto-party-founded-occupy-poster-boy-joshua

香港团体中联办哀悼李旺阳“被自杀”六周年 (Hong Kong human rights groups commemorate 6th anniversary of Li Wangyang’s forced suicide)
Radio Free Asia, June 6, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-06062018095402.html

Commentary (评论)

China: UN human rights experts condemn 5-year jail term for Tibetan activist
U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, June 1, 2018
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=23176&LangID=E

The legacy of Tiananmen
The Diplomat, June 6, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/06/the-legacy-of-tiananmen

Who are China's political prisoners? A human rights assessment, 29 years after Tiananmen
Global Voices, June 2, 2018
EN:https://globalvoices.org/2018/06/02/who-are-chinas-political-prisoners-a-human-rights-assessment-29-years-after-tiananmen
CH:https://zhs.globalvoices.org/2018/06/03/16082

How should the world respond to intensifying repression in Xinjiang?
ChinaFile, June 4, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/conversation/how-should-world-respond-intensifying-repression-xinjiang

How Chinese Communist Party officials can find “honour” in returning home for dinner
Hong Kong Free Press, June 6, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/06/chinese-communist-party-officials-can-find-honour-returning-home-dinner